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to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (another's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate

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rust

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now advancing and now retreating; ebb and flow; seesawing; taking alternately favorable and unfavorable turns

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offense and defense; offence and defence

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kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice

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painful; being sorry; feeling sorry

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thrust; stab; tsuki; thrust to the throat (in kendo); tsuki; thrust to the chest

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to run off (fluid); to run down; to flow down

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almost; nearly; close to

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to stick (into); to pierce; to enter at full speed; to hit (e.g. the catcher's mitt) at speed

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cruel; inhumane; callous; brutal

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to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise

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mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements; e.g. trembling, quick steps); gradual; bit by bit

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front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context

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mind and body

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to paint; to spread; to plaster; to apply (cream, lotion); to smear; to lacquer

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stabbing; piercing

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scratch; graze; scrape; minor damage

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withering; shrivelling; shrinking; contraction; atrophy

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to regain one's breath; to catch one's breath

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forehead; brow

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strong point; merit; virtue; advantage

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combat power; fighting strength

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balance; equilibrium

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victory or defeat; outcome (of a game, battle, etc.)

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feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness

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to cut at; to slash at

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somewhat large; of a larger size; on the large side; large swing (bat, racquet, etc.); long sweeping stroke

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to insert; to put in; to send in (to a prisoner; e.g. clothes, books); to deliver (food, refreshments, etc. to workers); to supply

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to sense; to infer; to gather; to pick up on; to get wind of; to perceive

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luckily

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after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to

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to slide into; to slip into

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pursuit (of a fleeing enemy); chase; follow-up attack

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to swim; to struggle through (a crowd); to make one's way through the world; to get along (in life); to totter; to lose one's balance

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absorption; giving undivided attention; devoting oneself (to)

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agility; nimbleness

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to become fine (of fabric); to be checkmated; to be hard pressed; to be at a loss

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to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself

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to jump back; to leap back; to jump aside; to jump out of the way

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(single) bean; pea; something very small; tiny speck

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pebble; small stone

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(direct) hit; hitting the mark

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extreme situation

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acceleration; speeding up

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to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter

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monotony; monotone; dullness; monotone; monotonic

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by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly

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wiping out; sweeping away; eradicating; dispelling

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gear; speed (e.g. 4-speed transmission)

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